Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reader asks Answer Man what animals do about water, nutrients and waste while hibernating. ASHEVILLE - Today's burning question ...

A study published last week in the journal Philosophical Transactions found that fructose intake fuels obesity and conditions such as diabetes and fatty liver disease. The World Health Organization ...

Thirteen-lined gray squirrels and other hibernating mammals could provide genetics clues about the onset and treatment of human obesity. Hibernation is one of nature’s strangest quirks, inducing bears ...

Hibernation is one of nature’s most extreme survival adaptations. During deep hibernation, some animals dramatically lower ...

In the world of science, a slumbering lemur is something to get excited about. More than slumbering — a lemur in hibernation. In March, scientists working at the Duke Lemur Center announced in Nature ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Lots of arctic animals, including bears, woodchucks and chipmunks, hibernate through the cold winter ...

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When the cold and dark winter is setting in, some of us envy animals that can hibernate. This long, deep rest is an example of how nature develops clever solution to difficult problems. In this case, ...

Skeletal muscle stem cells in hibernating Syrian hamsters preserve their ability to function by suppressing their activation during the hibernation period, a research team led by Hiroshima University ...

In the same way a bear instinctively lowers its body temperature to survive the winter's chill, scientists have discovered a groundbreaking method to control human body temperature—potentially saving ...

MADISON, Wis. — To get through a long winter without food, hibernating animals — like the 13-lined ground squirrel — can slow their metabolism by as much as 99 percent, but they still need important ...

Imagine you’re an astronaut taking a trip into outer space. Only it’s not a short jaunt to the Moon. Instead, your trip will last 120 years. To get there you’d need to drastically reduce your body’s ...